Class of 1956
1956 Maroon Spotlight
Darrell McLemore
Band 53-56, Wrestling 53-56, Student Council 54-55, Class Assemblies 53-55.
1956 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Darrell Eugene McLemore, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McLemore, Stillwater, plans to enter Southwestern Bible school, Oklahoma City, after graduation, to prepare for becoming a minister of the Pentecostal Holiness church. He was born Aug. 14, 1937, in Perry, and attended Stillwater high school briefly last spring. He has gone out for wrestling since 1950 and served on the PHS student council. Darrell, a member of the band for three years, has won ratings of superior and excellent in several instrumental music contests. His favorite subject is mathematics, and music is his hobby.
Darrell Eugene McLemore
August 14, 1937 – September 13, 2011
Rev. Darrell Eugene McLemore, 74, of Avondale, AZ, passed away peacefully on September 13, 2011.
Rev. McLemore retired in 1991 from the Maricopa County Department of Corrections. He served in the United States Navy Reserves where he received an honorable discharge on February 20, 1963. He also enjoyed missions trips to spread the love of God to the people of Jamaica.
Born in 1937 to S.A. McLemore and Nina Boyd McLemore both of whom preceded him in death. He is survived by his loving wife of 40 years Virginia McLemore; Children, Jolena Lal, Avondale, AZ; Darrell Eugene McLemore II, Goodyear, AZ; Scott McLemore, Nowata, OK; Timothy Taylor, Glendale, AZ; Brother, Eldon McLemore, Derby, KS; Brother, Verl David McLemore, Stillwater, OK; Sister, Vesta Axtell, Ripley, OK; and 6 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren, as well as a multitude of friends and his canine companions Ginger and Little Bit.
Services will be Saturday, September 17 at 11:00am, at Fountain of Abundant Life Church in Phoenix. A procession will follow the service to his final resting place at Resthaven Park Cemetery in Glendale, AZ.